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Proverbs 5:17
Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.
Proverbs 5:17 · Webster Bible
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Proverbs 5:17 in other translations
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
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In context
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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